Mammon's summoning turned Rochester into a beacon for the denizens of Hell. As demon activity increases, Jon settles in for a new academic year, and Jordan moves in as the city's protector. Unfortunately, the young warlock of Rochester might not be around long if the Devil's marine legion has a say.

Havfine, demonic mermaids, don't often leave deep lakes and ocean waters. They're better known for drowning mortal sailors than hunting magic users, but something has sent them upstream from Lake Ontario. When three orphans vanish from a magical sanctuary in Toronto, their caretaker - the Wizard Monday - dredges up a part of Jordan's and Jon's father's history that Jordan would have rather forgotten. In this race against the Bane of Hamelin, more than three souls may be on the line.

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"Eli Celata once again enthralls readers with Jon's story, striking the perfect balance between his real life and his magical one, often with humorous consequences." - Reader's Favorites 5/5 stars

About the Author

Eli Celata was born in Rochester, NY and currently attends Binghamton University as a doctoral student in Biological Anthropology. When she isn't studying bones or working on interdiscipli-nary experiments, Eli writes science fiction and fantasy.

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It was interesting to see how Jonathan's continued journey in learning about the world of magic and demon hunting unfolded. What I particularly enjoyed was how Jonathan finds it difficult to keep what he's doing a secret from his friends.

I did find the pacing to be off a bit -- one or two chapters were longer than the rest when breaks might have helped.

That doesn't take away from the overall work. This was a good follow up to the first book and it's great to see how Jonathan grows and forms his relationship with Jordan.

The new characters who were introduced in this tale were a nice addition to the cast. While I liked having such a strong focus on Jon when I first met him, meeting so many other magic users really fleshed out the world they all lived in. The number of people who has these abilities was so small that I was thrilled to see so many folks like Jon. It wasn’t something I was expecting to see happen, but it was a great way to push the plot forward.

There were pacing issues, and most of them were due to the plot getting off to such a slow start. As much as I liked the first novel in this series, I struggled to get into this one in the beginning because of how much time it took for anything exciting to happen to Jon or anyone else in his life. There were so many interesting conflicts in his previous adventure that I was expecting him to jump right into them in the sequel. When that didn’t happen, I was surprised and a little confused.

With that begin said, the storyline was solid once things began moving along more quickly. One of the things I enjoy the most about this universe is how much freedom it gives readers to come up with our own theories about how certain parts of it works. The basic explanations of magical society were there again this time, but I liked being able to test my ideas on how it all fit together against what the plot and characters eventually revealed to me. Whether I was wrong or right, it was fun to think logically and methodically about this stuff while I was reading.

This book is the second in a series. It can be read on its own or out of order.